1. RURAL HOUSING THE BARBADOS EXPERIENCE
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RURAL HOUSING THE BARBADOS EXPERIENCE
Presented by: Hon. Denis St. E. Kellman
Minister of Housing, Lands and Rural Development
BARBADOS
XXIV General Assembly of MINURVI
Montego Bay, Jamaica
August 26-28, 2015
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2. Urban Corridor of Barbados

3. Population in urban corridor
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Population in urban corridor
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4. Population 1990 2000 2010 The median population age is rising rapidly
28.88 years
33.13 years
36.22 years
17% population aged 55 and 11% surpassed age 65
Japan 47.5*
Brazil 30.7*
Mexico 27.3*
17%
Central Intelligence Agency CIA
The World Factbook

5. Historic Urban Footprint
LANDAST
Forest land has increased by 21% over 23 years,
The urban land area grew by 60 % in the last two decades.
2003
2014
1991

6. MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION
To acquire, hold and manage land and other property of any kind whatsoever and sell, let, lease or otherwise dispose of such land or other property on such terms and conditions as the Minister determines;
To carry out development, building, maintenance, repair, improvement and other operations;
To provide water, gas, electricity, sewage and other services;
To carry on any business or undertaking in, or for the purpose of, any housing development;

7. MANDATE OF THE NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION
To make advances to persons on such conditions and securities as may be prescribed for any of the following purposes :
acquiring houses and land or constructing houses,
acquiring buildings to be converted into houses,
converting into houses buildings already acquired,
altering, enlarging, repairing or improving houses;

8. to execute plans for slum clearance and redevelopment;
generally to carry out the provisions of this Act, together with such other functions as may be conferred upon it by the Minister for the purposes of this Act or by any other enactment.

9. NHC PROGRAMMES
HOUSING EVERY LAST PERSON (H.E.L.P)
500 LOT PROGRAMME

10. H.E.L.P
H.E.L.P (cont’d)

11. H.E.L.P (cont’d)
These “Turn-key” solutions range in price from BDS$140,000( US $70,000,00) to BDS$185,000(US $92,500) based on the size of house and land.

12. H.E.L.P (cont’d)

14. RURAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION(RDC)
New houses constructed by the RDC

15. HOUSE REPAIRS
House repairs undertaken by the RDC

16. House constructed from Plycem
Project managed by the MHLR in Constant, St. George

19. Use of Solar Energy Houses in NHC’s Housing Project in
Lancaster, St. James with solar water heating

20. Solar House Project in Queen’s Park Barbados
Used to illuminate bus shelter.

21. THANK YOU